Barber-chair
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Barber-chair is a verb meaning (Western US, of a tree being felled) To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
Meaning
(Western US, of a tree being felled) To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
More Meanings
- (Western US, transitive) To split (a tree) in this manner.
- Alternative form of barber chair (when used attributively).
Example Sentences
Once when a tree barber-chaired, this was on a steep hillside, it was a dramatic display of a diving tree.
It would have barber-chaired on him. The little ones had barber-chaired but they weren't split up very high.
He made the first cut, the notch, and then as he made the back cut, it barber-chaired and kicked back on him.
Cutting through a limb that's bowed under the weight of the tree will create a mini barber-chair effect and the limb could shoot out at you when you release the pressure by cutting it.
Word Forms
- barber-chairs
- barber-chairing
- barber-chaired
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barberchair, buck, barb, beaver, snag, backsaw.
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